Imagine going outside, just wanting to buy a few groceries, when all of a sudden, ICE and FBI agents stop you and ask for your ID and proof that you are a US citizen. This is the type of danger that immigrants face when they step outside. If the agents who stop you suspect that you are not a citizen, they will forcibly take you to a detention facility, where you undergo conditions like inedible food, neglect, and psychological abuse until they deport you, sometimes not even to the country you are originally from. Recently, a Mexican man was shot and killed by an ICE agent after leaving two of his children at school. ICE is causing harm to innocent people, and only because they suspect that they came to the country illegally. This is why Congress should abolish ICE and end the FBI’s role in deportation enforcement.
ICE’s actions are tearing apart families. People of all ages are losing family members due to ICE and the FBI. According to immigrantjustice.org, 52 deaths between 2017 and 2021 were examined, and it was discovered that 95% of those deaths could have been prevented with adequate medical care. Many of those deaths have been caused by suicide and unknown diseases from the food. This means that ICE is maltreating immigrants, which is a violation of human rights. Imagine how the families of those 52 people coped with the death of their family member? According to oregonlive.com, this was the fate that four kids from Portland, Oregon had to endure after their parents were detained. Even though the parents survived, the kids can only speak to them through the phone. I believe that no person, young or old, should go through that.
In order to address the problem, Congress must abolish ICE and any involvement of the FBI. According to socialchangenyu.com, statistics show that only 1% of those arrested by ICE have committed serious crimes against the public. The 99% left are immigrant workers who toil in jobs like restaurant chefs or construction workers. This statistic also shows that the people that ICE is deporting are innocent workers. Those workers most likely have raised families in the United States. As for public opinion, Independent.co.uk says that ICE is growing unpopular in the American public, with around 54% against ICE, and the statistics are growing rapidly. Congress is supposed to act as the spokesperson of the citizens. If more people don’t support ICE, it would not make sense for Congress to support it. We need to stand strong for the innocent who are wrongly being arrested.
It should be clear by now that ICE causes more problems than it solves. Many kids, people, and the public suffer due to the oppression that ICE inflicts on us. If Congress puts an end to ICE, we will be liberated from the constant fear of being detained by government agents. Families are being separated, and more workers are being arrested just for being Latino. I believe that one day, the public will not be controlled by ICE, and anyone, no matter where they come from, can work side by side with each other. Martin Luther King Jr once said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
